Courtney Love's unpaid rehab tab

By Stone Martindale Mar 11, 2007, 3:22 GMT

A swanky Newport Beach California rehab facility seeks $182,286 from Courtney Love alleging she paid only $10,000 for her three-month stay back in 2005, reports the Los Angeles Times.

The posh center has sued rocker Courtney Love for more than $180,000 for treatment she received after she overdosed at a Hollywood nightclub in the summer of 2005.

The Beau Monde International stay for Love began August 2005, and the LAT reports Love paid $10,000 after entering treatment, but has repeatedly refused to pay the rest, according to the lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court.

Beau Monde has asked for $182,286, plus costs, interest and legal fees, and was initially reported by the Smoking Gun website.

Love checked into Beau Monde when she overdosed at a fashion industry party in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

Previously Love had pleaded no contest in 2004 to a misdemeanor assault charge for allegedly "throwing a whiskey bottle at a woman who Love said was sleeping on her former boyfriend's couch," reported the LAT.

Love's alleged $74,000-a-month contract included therapy, life coaching, dietary planning and relaxation training, according to the contract, a copy of which was included in the lawsuit.

The center, according to their website also provides down-topped beds, various massages, creativity and recreation coaches, tai chi and acupuncture treatments.

"It's unfortunate a lawsuit was filed, as this matter is in the process of being resolved," Love's attorney, Howard Weitzman, wrote in an e-mail to The Times.

"Often parties have differing points of view on what may be owed, which is why lawsuits like this are settled quickly. It's often not the 'if' but the 'how much' that seeds these types of disputes."